🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <8766...@heights.demon.co.uk>, John Shiali
<jo...@heights.demon.co.uk> writes
<snip>

>There is no law against this at all. In the late 80's and early 90s,
>magazine competition was so fierce, that games magazines were putting
>free games on their coverdiscs.  These were ususally 6-12 months old,
>but were otherwise full commercial releases.
>
>It became so prevelent that games manufacturers were worrying that
>people weren't buying games - they didn't need to because they got so
>many free on the cover of magazines. These freebies sucked up all the
>free time of players who would otherwise (supposedly) be buying games.
>
>The games publishers got together and strongarmed the magazines into
>stopping this practice, and that agreement still stands today.  That's
>most likely why BC3000 won't be appearing on the front of a UK
>magazine.
>
>

Well John this is the first (and probably the last) time I have ever
contributed to a BC3K thread, but I'd like to point out that CGS+ is
distributed in the UK by Comag at a quid cheaper than the inferior UK
magazines. So if you want a free copy of BC3K just look around and if
you don't still look around, save a pound and get a better mag.





Mike Hussey